During the 1980s, unemployment (失业人数) and underemployment (不充分就业) in some countries was so high as 90 per cent. Some countries did not 【B1】 enough food; basic needs in housing and clothing were not 【B2】 . Many of these countries looked 【B3】 the industrial processes of the developed nations for solution. 【B4】 , problems cannot always be solved by 【B5】 the industrialized nations. Industry in the developed nations is highly automated and very 【B6】 . It provides fewer jobs than labor-intensive industrial 【B7】 , and highly skilled workers are needed to 【B8】 and repair the equipment. These workers must be trained, 【B9】 many nations do not have the necessary training institutions. Thus, the 【B10】 of importing industry becomes higher. Students must be sent abroad to receive vocational and 【B11】 training. 【B12】 , just to begin training, the students must 【B13】 learn English, French, Germans, or Japanese. The students then spend many years abroad, and 【B14】 do not return home. All nations agree that science and technology should be shared. The point is: countries 【B15】 the industrial processes of the developed nations need to look carefully 【B16】 the costs, be cause ninny of these costs are 【B17】 Students from these nations should 【B18】 the problems of the industrialized countries closely. 【B19】 care, they will take home not the problems of science and technology, 【B20】 the benefits.
A．charge
B．price
C．cost
D．value
参考答案：C
解析：语义衔接题。四个选项都和“费用”有关，此题的难点在于如何找到最符合文章语境的一项。所填词和importing industry构成搭配，下句提及Students must be sent abroad，花费的就不只是金钱，还包含时间等。选项[C]cost“成本”，是指为达到某一目标而必需花费的金钱、时间、人力等，符合文章语境要求。而[A] charge是指“(货物或劳务的)费用”；[B] price是指“价格，价钱”，[D]value是指“价值”。